Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Host-derived lipids orchestrate pulmonary γδ T cell response to provide early protection against influenza virus infection

  • Xiaohui Wang,
  • Xiang Lin,
  • Zihan Zheng,
  • Bingtai Lu,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Andy Hee-Meng Tan,
  • Meng Zhao,
  • Jia Tong Loh,
  • Sze Wai Ng,
  • Qian Chen,
  • Fan Xiao,
  • Enyu Huang,
  • King-Hung Ko,
  • Zhong Huang,
  • Jingyi Li,
  • Kin-Hang Kok,
  • Gen Lu,
  • Xiaohui Liu,
  • Kong-Peng Lam,
  • Wanli Liu,
  • Yuxia Zhang,
  • Kwok-Yung Yuen,
  • Tak Wah Mak,
  • Liwei Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22242-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Influenza A infection results in γδ T cell influx and production of IL-17 in the lungs. Here, the authors show that this effect is primed by CD1-restricted ligands that are released by infected cells and presented by B1a cells in the lungs.